[ He just said he wasn't gonna touch the politics and now his hand is being taken again. It sends an almost visible ripple of irritation up through him, stiffening muscles until they're tight and awkward. Squeezing any comfort out of this is going to go about as well as squeezing a cactus. ]
[ This right here is one of many reasons why the agency doesn't particularly answer to the government on anything. You point out one new little marvel and they swoop in to regulate it, like gun-jumping vultures picking the bones clean of something that hasn't even stopped breathing yet. That's clearly an entirely different situation, of course, but hey, deeply systemic racism and arbitrary government restriction of bodily autonomy? haHaHAHA he's from modern america dude he understands a little bit. ]
You'll never know until you try, I guess. But it was a nightmare and a half trying to find anything to take stitches out, I don't even want to think about putting them in.
[ Not to mention all the other shit that comes along with surgery, even back-alley-improv. Anyway, Jack ought to be grateful that gestures of pity are a hell of a lot easier than words, even if it does involve contact, because he can have that hand for the duration of his little sob story. The moment it's freed though, it'll be tucked away for safe keeping, arms folded. ]
Well I'm glad you can enjoy your little vacation for the rest of us, but I'm gonna be honest with you, I am not drunk enough for this.
[ He doesn't do drunk therapy to begin with and this is an unfair advantage you've brought, Jack. ]
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[ This right here is one of many reasons why the agency doesn't particularly answer to the government on anything. You point out one new little marvel and they swoop in to regulate it, like gun-jumping vultures picking the bones clean of something that hasn't even stopped breathing yet. That's clearly an entirely different situation, of course, but hey, deeply systemic racism and arbitrary government restriction of bodily autonomy? haHaHAHA he's from modern america dude he understands a little bit. ]
You'll never know until you try, I guess. But it was a nightmare and a half trying to find anything to take stitches out, I don't even want to think about putting them in.
[ Not to mention all the other shit that comes along with surgery, even back-alley-improv. Anyway, Jack ought to be grateful that gestures of pity are a hell of a lot easier than words, even if it does involve contact, because he can have that hand for the duration of his little sob story. The moment it's freed though, it'll be tucked away for safe keeping, arms folded. ]
Well I'm glad you can enjoy your little vacation for the rest of us, but I'm gonna be honest with you, I am not drunk enough for this.
[ He doesn't do drunk therapy to begin with and this is an unfair advantage you've brought, Jack. ]